Microsoft Cybercrime Center to Tackle Online Crimes
Microsoft Corp. on Thursday announced the opening of the Microsoft Cybercrime Center, a center of excellence for advancing the global fight against cybercrime.
The Cybercrime Center combines Microsoft’s legal and technical expertise as well as tools and technology with cross-industry expertise, marking a new era in effectively fighting crime on the Internet.
Each year, according to Microsoft, cybercrime takes a personal and financial toll on millions of consumers around the globe.
The Cybercrime Center will tackle online crimes, including those associated with malware, botnets, intellectual property theft and technology-facilitated child exploitation.
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The work done at the Cybercrime Center will help ensure that people worldwide can use their computing devices and services with confidence.
“The Microsoft Cybercrime Center is where our experts come together with customers and partners to focus on one thing: keeping people safe online,” said David Finn, associate general counsel of the Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit.
“By combining sophisticated tools and technology with the right skills and new perspectives, we can make the Internet safer for everyone.”
The Cybercrime Center is located on Microsoft’s campus in Redmond, Wash. The secured facility houses Microsoft technologies that allow the team to visualize and identify global cyberthreats developing in real time.
These include SitePrint, which allows the mapping of online organized crime networks; PhotoDNA, a leading anti-child-pornography technology; cyberforensics, a new investigative capability that detects global cybercrime, including online fraud and identity theft; and cyberthreat intelligence from Microsoft’s botnet takedown operations.
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